Outside Lands San Francisco

22: Carl Larsen 04.06.2013 17:21 ↓

Carl Larsen, restaurateur, chicken ranch owner, and Sunset District pioneer has perhaps one of San Francisco's most-viewed parks named after him.

21: Park Bums 30.05.2013 17:22 ↓

Golden Gate Park's pickup baseball legends, the Park Bums, and other pickup ball-playing stories and locales.

20: Beach Chalet 24.05.2013 20:52 ↓

Talking about the old and new Beach Chalet on the western edge of Golden Gate Park at Ocean Beach.

19: Forts and Fortifications 18.05.2013 27:59 ↓

Guest John Martini talks historic forts and fortifications around the Golden Gate and Ocean Beach.

18: George Turner Marsh and the Naming of the Richmond 09.05.2013 20:52 ↓

The interesting life of George Turner Marsh, pioneer of the Richmond District and possible namer of the neighborhood.

17: Hills of San Francisco 02.05.2013 17:56 ↓

David and Woody review a 54-year-old book that inspired both of them.

16: Sunnyside Conservatory 25.04.2013 19:45 ↓

The story behind an octagonal San Francisco landmark on Monterey Boulevard.

15: Earthquake Shacks 18.04.2013 24:55 ↓

After San Francisco's 1906 Earthquake and Fire over 5,600 relief cottages were constructed for the refugees. Some still survive today.

14: San Francisco Zoo 12.04.2013 24:25 ↓

Bricks of pink popcorn, the Little Puffer train, Storyland, lions, tigers, and bears... join Woody and David in remembering the history of the San Francisco Zoo.

13: Sunset Architecture 04.04.2013 21:45 ↓

San Francisco's largest neighborhood has its own distinctive architecture thanks to 1930s merchant-builders like Henry Doelger, Oliver Rousseau, and the Gellerts.

12: Richmond District Streetcars? 29.03.2013 19:45 ↓

Guest Paul Rosenberg talks about the source of rails recently uncovered on Balboa Street.

11: Ingleside Jail and More 20.03.2013 20:53 ↓

The History of the House of Refuge Lot, where City College of San Francisco and Balboa Park stand today.

10: Roadhouses 14.03.2013 19:45 ↓

Roadhouses here and gone on San Francisco's west side.

9: West Portal Creek 08.03.2013 19:45 ↓

Hidden creek near San Francisco's West Portal neighborhood and other secret water sites.

8: Surf Theatre 21.02.2013 19:46 ↓

Remembering a little theatre near Ocean Beach that had a big reputation for showing foreign and avant garde films.

7: Skytram 14.02.2013 16:55 ↓

From 1955 to 1966 a futuristic aerial cable car traversed Sutro Baths' cove from the Cliff House to Point Lobos. From all accounts, it wasn't as fun as it sounds.

6: Musee Mecanique 07.02.2013 12:46 ↓

What other museum allows you to play with the collection? The coin-operated amusements of the Musee Mecanique, now at Pier 45, had a long history in western San Francisco.

5: West Side Street Naming 31.01.2013 10:18 ↓

The names of streets going south through the Richmond and Sunset Districts are alphabetical. How did that happen? The story of San Francisco's Street Naming Commission of 1909.

4: St. Francis Wood 25.01.2013 16:34 ↓

Author Richard Brandi joins us to talk about one of the country's finest residence parks, San Francisco's St. Francis Wood.

3: Jesse B Cook Collection 17.01.2013 8:00 ↓

We share one terrific online collection of historical San Francisco images: the Jesse Brown Cook Scrapbooks at the Bancroft Library.

2: The Richmond District of 1920 10.01.2013 8:52 ↓

David and Woody find some surprises in a neighborhood newspaper from exactly 93 years ago.

1: Kezar Stadium 04.01.2013 5:58 ↓

(Listen to Episode #224 instead!) Woody and David discuss the old Kezar Stadium in Golden Gate Park